99 Civic: Broken hood release handle

[desimunda]

Long story short: The idiots at a Midas near my house broke the hood relase handle of my car. I didn't notice it until the next day ... by when it was tooo late to go kick those mofos asses

Where can i get to buy a replacement part?

 

[FRODO]

hondapartsdeals.com

i just pulled mine with some pliers and put i zip tie around it it will do for now.

 

[ImportFan1]

http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/auto/jsp/mws/prddisplay.jsp?inputstate=5&catcgry1=Civic&catcgry2=1999&catcgry3=2DR+EX&catcgry4=KA5MT&catcgry5=HOOD

Its part #6. I ordered the same thing since my dad broke mine off. Its a common problem too.

 

[senatE]

im not going to replace mine. bc its bassically a garuntee that if a thief cant pop the hood fast enough to unplug the battery for the alarm he is going to run :-) just my opinion tho.

 

[ImportFan1]

it is a pain in the ass to not havea release tho.

 

[senatE]

eh i just keep plyers folded up in the magazine in my door. no biggie. not like you open your hood every 2 mins.

 

[snozepp147]

yeah same thing happened with me, damn shop that inspected it broke the hood release but i didn't notice for like a month.

 

[senatE]

i like how they get away with stuff so easily.

 

[zdiver07]

its a lot easier to replace it, mine did the same thing its less than 20 from honda and its not hard to put in at all!

 

[SiRcivic27]

that happened to me also, now my cable is totally frozen up so I need to replace the cable. How hard is it to replace this cable? I did it to my mazda but when I tried to remove this cable from a junk yard car it had all kinds of clips on it that I couldnt get off the cable and they wouldht pass into the passenger compartment to pull the cable out.

 

[desimunda]

thank you

its a lot easier to replace it, mine did the same thing its less than 20 from honda and its not hard to put in at all!

thank you friends,
ya, i think i can work it with pliers but its kinda hard every time...
i just went and bought the whole cable/wire assembly for $20/- bux frm honda dealer. i wanna do it myself but not quite sure how, if someone could guide me with that i'd appreciate it...

 

[skittle_107]

happened to me too..not having a handle is kinda a pain..i just havent gotta around to replaceing it....

 

[Sundown]

that happened to me also, now my cable is totally frozen up so I need to replace the cable. How hard is it to replace this cable? I did it to my mazda but when I tried to remove this cable from a junk yard car it had all kinds of clips on it that I couldnt get off the cable and they wouldht pass into the passenger compartment to pull the cable out.

Its easy.. unhook the thing right by the hood, and retrace it through the holes it came through.. I think its screwed on by screw or two on the inside of the car. Should take 5 mins max..

 

[chadi]

one day i looked at mine and saw it was broke, i was like wtf? but then i just replaced it...no biggie

 

[xxsenceo89x]

im not going to replace mine. bc its bassically a garuntee that if a thief cant pop the hood fast enough to unplug the battery for the alarm he is going to run :-) just my opinion tho.

if there smart they would pull the cable from inside the fender liner

 

[borisciVic]

yea, s**t happends when u have sketchy people around your cars. good thing i live in a smalll town.

 

[Suanico]

i would still take it back, its going to cost you like $60 from honda to get a new latch and cable (i think they are sold together) some shop broke the handle on my dipstick and i took it back the next day and got a new one

 

[io_303]

just dont use a pry bar to open it

Here is a video of a local meet(stlhondas.com) that shows how NOT to do it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQCimqy_zHU

 

[Sundown]

make them replace it..

 

[JohnS.]

Mine broke too and I just keep small pliers in the cup holder compartment. It's very easy to open with pliers. I can do it just as fast as having a regular lever to pull.

But yeah make them pay for it.